Improvement in weediwg-hoe



Patented Oct 20, 1868 Mun/roe.- @MW L KING Weeding Hoe. f N0.` 83.290.

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, @v /M/Q y www@ . LEWIS KING, or RISKANY FALLS, NEW. YORK.

Letztes Patent ,Nos

83,290, dated ocabw'zo, 186s.

The sneane rfemavt'o m these Letters Patent and making parl:v of the Bama.

' To all whom t 'ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs KING, ofriskany Falls, in the county of Oneida, and State of New York,have invented a new and improved Weeding and Souiiling- Hoe; and I do herebydeclare that the followingis a forming part of this speciiieatiom'in whichi Figure lis a perspective view of my improved hoe.V 'Figure '2 is a x w, g. 1. v

Similar'letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. The object of thisinvention is to provide an improved form for weeding and scuiling-hoesl Itconsists in forming the hoe and shank inone con-- tinuous piece, and in the form as herein set forth.

In the drawings, a is the rst part of the shank, which is inserted into the ferruled end of a handle, A.

The shank is i bent, to form a horizontal part. hat

section through the blade, at the 1 Patent- @e eirtremity of which the. shank is attened out, to form a two-edged blade, .which is bent rst at right right angles tothe part d, as shown at e. A

This part e is then parallel to the part b of the shank,

and continues beyond the part a to any suitable distance,

when ittnrns upfto form a part, j,

ying cutter, g, 'parallel'to e.

This hoe is adapted for Working around delicate with the parts d and f,

aswell as the parts e and g. -I claim as new,

and` desire to secure by Letters The weeding-hoe,

substantially as herein shown and described, as a new article of manufacture.

LEYVIS KING.

Witnesses:

GEORGE N. WILLARD,

OrP. WILLARD.

angles to b again, as shown at d, then again bent at parallel to d, andY equal toitjinr length, and finally terminates in a roundplants, and cutting out undergrowth of Weeds, bothl 

